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Station to Station is a new online magazine of TransArtists | DutchCulture, focusing on international collaboration through the lens of artist practices and residencies. Check here the first edition on the topic ‘Dirty Talks – Money’. DutchCulture | TransArtists is pleased to announce its new online publication, Station to Station. The first issue is all about […] More

Arts Leaders Podcast features interviews with some of the people responsible for the leadership of arts organisations and festivals around the world. Several were recorded at the World Summit on Arts & Culture in Malta, including a powerful interview with Arn Chorn-Pond (Cambodia Living Arts), interviews with festival and foundation leaders in Europe, India and elsewhere. […] More

Applications are now open for Asia Leadership Fellow Program (ALFP) 2017. This 2-month fellowship in Japan enables selected Asian leaders to engage in a series of dialogues on regional and global challenges. We are now looking for prospective candidates who are willing to engage in constructive discussions with fellow colleagues from diverse backgrounds in Asia. […] More

The Vilém Flusser Residency Program for Artistic Research is a cooperation between the Vilém Flusser Archive at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) and transmediale, festival for art and digital culture Berlin. A call for artistic research projects that actively explore the capabilities and limitations of transdisciplinary and transmedial situations in contemporary culture. We […] More

The Japan Foundation Asia Center is calling for applications for “Grant Program for Promotion of Cultural Collaboration,” “Grant Program for Enhancing People-to-People Exchange,” and “The Asia Center Fellowship Program.” Eligibility mostly applies to organisations and some individuals in Japan and ASEAN countries. Through interacting and working together, the Asia Center pursues to develop the sense […] More

The Research center at the International Institute of Puppetry (Charleville-Mezieres, France) is offering two programs for research residencies (one with and one without grant) to encourage scholarly research about puppetry, to support and mentor artistic creation, and to strengthen the links between the research and artistic communities. The research residencies at the International Institute of […] More

For xCoAx, the 5th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X, to be held in Lisbon in July 2017, a call for submissions – exploring the intersection where computational tools and media meet art and culture. Since 2013, xCoAx has been an occasion for international audiences to meet and exchange ideas, in search of interdisciplinary synergies among […] More

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan – call for applications for the FAAM Residence Program 2017. Two visual artists and one researcher/curator will be selected from the 21 countries in Asia eligible to apply for the programme. FAAM residence program 2017. 2 artists and 1 researcher/curator will be selected from 21 countries/region in Asia. The program […] More

Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey by Zhuang Wubin, published by NUS Press, Singapore is a comprehensive attempt to map the emergence and trajectories of photographic practices in Southeast Asia. “Informed by years of research in Southeast Asian photography, Wubin’s extensive survey, covering generations of practitioners across 10 countries from Laos to Singapore, extends beyond to offer a glimpse into the […] More

For the sixteenth time, Akademie Schloss Solitude is granting approx. 70 residency fellowships of three to twelve months in duration. More than 1,300 artists from more than 120 countries have developed and advanced projects at the Akademie since its opening in 1990, creating a close-knit, global network of Solitude alumni that expands from year to year. It […] More

In 1968 the ICA London exhibition Fluorescent Chrysanthemum was the first presentation of experimental Japanese art, music, film and design in Europe. Revisiting its archives today, the ICA presents a display that highlights its rich heritage as a home for radical contemporary arts and culture. Exhibition runs till 27 November at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Pall Mall, London Fluorescent […] More

From 13 to 19 October 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand, Asiatopia Performance Conference 2016 gathered over 120 among artists, curators, writers, historians and theorists to discuss and document the development of performance art in Southeast Asia. More

Call for applications for a RESEARCH GRANT from The Robert H N Ho Family Foundation Greater China Research Programme, to conduct research at Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong on contemporary art from Greater China. Application deadline extended to 30 November 2016. The programme offers long-term research residency options (one year) as well as short (one […] More

In the lead up to the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2017, the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) seeks to map the contemporary arts scene in the 10 member countries. More

Inhabitant Zero is a competition where five individuals or teams are selected to become Kvarnbacken’s first inhabitants. The project is an international a call for proposals . The selected teams will be granted a stipend of €4000 and shall live in “The Yellow House” in the suburb of Jarfalla in Stockholm for a month to produce a […] More

Cultural industries in Kazakhstan: models, challenges, and strategies – a report is available from the British Council in three languages (English, Russian, Kazakh). This report summarizes the debates and conversations with «MOST business incubator» students and a workshop with the project team (Chevron, MOST, British Council and sector stakeholders from Architecture, Theatre, Crafts, Fashion, and Design) and […] More

The Bibliothek Andreas Züst, located in Oberegg St Anton, in the Appenzell Alps of Switzerland, offers three studio residency stipends in April 2017. The length of the stay can vary from one to four weeks according to the needs of the stipendiaries. Application for the Studio Residency Stipend is open to national and international cultural […] More

Handbook of Cultural and Creative Industries in China published 2016 in the Handbooks of Research on Contemporary China series. Edited by Michael Keane, Curtin University, Australia. China is at the crux of reforming, professionalising, and internationalising its cultural and creative industries. These industries are at the forefront of China’s move towards the status of a developed country. In […] More

World Wide Air (WWA) welcomes applications from professional artists and curators worldwide. The program aims to ensure cultural exchange between professional agents on the Danish and international art scenes and a Danish audience. WWA is calling for applications from artists or curators, who wish to research, produce or collaborate with a Danish partner (institution or […] More

The Mondriaan Fund launches a new digital global map offering a comprehensive overview of the international activities supported by the Fund. The mapping gives a rich sense of the international visibility of the Netherlands in the arts and the variety of our support. Our international activities include: the Dutch entry at the Venice Biennale, the […] More

Residencies Reflected, a symposium focusing on residencies and their critical role in the field of contemporary art today, invites residency professionals to Helsinki, November 16–18, 2016. The symposium takes place at HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Program) on the island of Suomenlinna. The symposium sets out to reflect on residencies as spaces for artistic development on […] More

Applications for the Asialink Arts 2017 Residency Program are open, inviting Australian arts professionals to apply for a range of residencies (different models, hosts, arts disciplines, countries etc.) across Asia. Deadline extended to October 3 for applications. The aim of Asialink’s Arts Residency Program is to create meaningful and enduring relationships between individuals and […] More

MMCA – National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea: open international calls for the International Artists Residency Program 2017 and the MMCA Residency International Research Fellowship Program 2017. The programmes are open to visual artists and curators, critics, art researchers from outside Korea. Deadline for both calls: 30 September 2016 MMCA Residency Changdong – International Artists […] More

Learn about the link between identity, culture and politics in the construction of contemporary Europe. A new free MOOC online course European Culture and Politics, developed by a group of top partner universities in Europe, explains what Europe is, not as a geographically demarcated territory, but as a cultural and political product. The course starts on 26 September […] More

MuseumNext is a global conference series on the future of museums, taking place in the world’s cultural capitals since 2009. MuseumNext is a catalyst for innovation, transformation and collaboration in museums, galleries and heritage sites, with more than 800 individuals from 32 countries joining us in 2015. We are now inviting proposals for MuseumNext Melbourne on the theme […] More

Open Fields is the title of this year’s international conference and exhibition taking place in the framework of the annual RIXC Art Science festival in Riga, from September 29 until October 1, 2016, focusing on new aesthetics, contemporary conditions, digital practices and post-media situation. The exhibition will continue until November 2, representing 25 works by […] More

Asia Art Archive (AAA) in Hong Kong currently has two job openings. AAA is recruiting a Head of Research and a Managing Editor for its new website. Both positions are full-time, based in Hong Kong, and expect a high level of experience and skills from the ideal candidate (see job specification details). Art is knowledge. Asia […] More

Seismopolite 14 Journal is on the theme of Art and Political Ecology. Download a range of articles examining which potentials can be found in art, for influencing global discourses on climate change and effecting real change? Reset Modernity! By Bruno Latour at the ZKM The ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany, has proposed several interesting reflections on […] More